I will never be nominated for Mother of the year Award thread

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This is funny!! I think we are all guilty of this now and again. At least you got him there and he wasn't naked!!! My BFF got all the way to work one day and looked back and realized she had forgotten to even drop her daughter off at daycare!!!!
 
Hmm another one! I lost Steven in Wal Mart in Yreka, CA about 6 years ago, maybe seven now because I don't remember if he was 12 or 13, I think 12. We were on one of my archeological trips in the summer and had stopped to stay with friends here and they were having a fishing tournament that Steven and Michelle wanted to enter. It was some strange sounding group, more like ax murderers than a civic group lol. Anyway we went to WM with my friend's son, Steven, Michelle, and myself. We got out of the truck and as we were walking up to the store they had dogs for adoption outside and we stopped to pet them. Steven vanished; I assumed he had gone ahead to the sporting goods dept. and would meet us there. We get there, no Steven, they page him, no Steven. By this time I'm thinking I'm 1250 miles from home and my son has been kidnapped! We had just had an incident in El Paso where a young child was taken from a WM and killed. I panicked, I couldn't see 2 feet in front of me. They called a Code Adam and locked down the store immediately. I had told them exactly what he was wearing down to his socks because I had put his clothes out for him so I could do laundry later in the day.
When a Code Adam is in effect they lock all exit doors and no one can come in or out, I used to work in a WM and I hated those, I was always afraid of the worst. When after 10 minutes there was no sign of him they called the Police. When the Officers walked up to the door, the Associate let them in but wouldn't let in a boy who was trying to get in with them. Guess who? Steven. He had gone into their little alcove and was playing video games and didn't hear the page! Well the officers are interviewing me, we are standing toward the front of the door and something catches my eye and it's Steven jumping up and down and waving through the closed glass doors! I literally screamed and ran for the door, the Associate tried to bar my way and I'm saying over and over there he is! There he is! They finally let him in. He wasn't wearing the shirt I described, he had won a t-shirt in the crane machine and put it on over his own t-shirt. I'm hugging him, dancing around and then I grabbed him and threatened him within an inch of his life if he ever left my side again until he 45 years old.
One of the ladies standing there said she had told the Associate she thought that was the boy they were looking for because the shorts and shoes matched the description, but even the manager didn't listen to her.
 
Well I've never had to call the police but have lost a boy 4 times or thought I did. I left my middle boy at 3yrs outside with daddy. When I came back out daddy had no idea where he was. After calling his name and checking all out buildings only thing left was the corn field.
5 min later I saw our dog running in and out of feild he had known where mas was the whole time. He was 4 rows in farming.
He later age 9 vanished in walmart but found him in front of the video games. He's the kid leashes were made for.

My youngest has a habit of falling asleep in odd places without warning. At 2 our dog woke us up because Q wasn't in his bed I'd never seen the dog act this way which worried me more. Once I calmed down a little I could hear Q snoring under his bros bunkbeds.

Last summer I sent his brothers to get him for lunch and they can't find him. Boys are blind as a bats so I go looking after checking with neighbors and all the kids still no Q. I'm in panic now I run upstairs triple checking and a pile of blankets moves. It's 80+ in their room and he buried himself under 4 blankets. Went out front lit a smoke and yelled I found him I might have cried.
When he was 1 he fell asleep in a suitcase even closed the lid.
 
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This reminds of a time we went to Walmart with our girls when they were about 3. My youngest twin decides she wants to dress herself. She has on capris, with her John Force shirt which three sizes too big and bright pink cowboy boots. She looked hilarious!!! We no more than step out of the van and some lady getting in her car next to us says, "Oh how cute she is!" Made sure she knew that she had dressed herself and I had no part in it!!! Even now at 6 my girls still don't care much about matching. The just want something fast so they can get outside to play!!!!

Yeah, DD3 is now into wearing her favorite colors. So she gets some pretty interesting outfits going. Oh well, she at least is dressed, we didn't have a war over what she's going to wear. Good enough for me. Plus, come on, 3 y/o wearing an "interesting" outfit, people either think it's adorable or know that the kid is choosing their own clothes.

Much approval on the John Force shirt with pink cowboy boots, that's popular here also.

oh yes... as a three year old you couldn't keep me dressed. I hated clothes. In the summer I still wear as little as possible without looking umm... what's the polite word for loose? My mother had fits keeping me dressed,
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I so far have not really lost a munchkin. However DS10 was ALWAYS walking away once he turned about 7. I did clip a leash onto him, that's what belt loops are meant for. Screw it. I do not care. Embarrassed him more than me, his brain quickly kicked back in and he did not wander away. Got a few comments about how dare I leash the kid. But you know, the same busy bodies would have been going on about how terrible of a parent I was if he'd wandered off and been kidnapped or hurt.

I give up on doing what makes the busy bodies happy, and just try to raise halfway decent kids.
 
Yup lost my oldest son once and a festival in town. We were walking booth to booth looking at things and suddenly he was not by my side anymore. He was 6 at the time. We look around and nowhere in sight. It was starting to get dark out and crowded. We looked and looked and called his name and suddenly he came running down the sidewalk saying I couldn't find you. Well I didn't want him to go and tell his dad that I lost him so I told him.

I knew where you were but you need to pay attention and stay close ok. I used to lie to my kids a lot.
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Great thread!! Thanks for the pick me up ....this month has definetly been one of those month where I question my mothering skills and competency.
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But Our peeps are here, everyone in the family is healthy... and for that I am eternally thankful. Nothing like a glass of white Zin to make it a little better.
I know I'm a good mom when we spent the bulk of the day planting our seeds for our garden (in seed starter kits) and playing with our new chix and in the end ..my DD3 smiles, wrinkles her nose and says" I love you mom"...heart melts
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Enjoy the night ladies and gents.
 
my son went through this phase of telling strangers EVERYTHING immediatley and as fast as he could spit it out. Didn't matter what it was he just said it.

HIMYNAMEISEIAM5YEARSOLDMYMOMDRIVESABLUECARIPEEDINMYBEDIKICKTHEDOG
MYBIRTHDAYISINAPRILWHYDOYOUHAVEREDBUMPSONYOURFACE
 
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